Tony & Darcy - The C Team's Blog

I have had a heck of a time writing anything here this week.  I don't know if I have been going through the famed writer's block, been lazy, or just have been spending too much time on Facebook, but I have gone nearly a week since I last wrote a post for our blog.  I had a really good rant going on the other night, but decided that I would pass on the points and do my best to keep things positive.

I don't know how many of you have done this, I had the blog in question, my rant all written titled, the boxes all checked for which groups to post to, then I realized that by just writing it, I felt a lot better.  In fact, I felt so good about it, that it didn't bother me at all to highlight the entire blog, and hit the back space key and erase the whole thing.  It was almost fun, in a twisted sort of a way, to uncheck the boxes and it felt good to just let go of what it was that had been bothering me.

Every once in awhile, I would suggest that you give this a try.  Write down what is bothering you, whether it can be written as a blog, or just what is bothering me.  If someone has really upset me, I just write down what it was that was that offended me, and erase the entire thing.  I will admit that having an avenue, like this one, to vent and have others let you know that they support you is very theraputic.  It also feels very good to have your feelings and emotions validated.

There are those occasions where the "dry run" that I described earlier is the best way to go.  We see everything from our perspective, that is just a plain truth.  We all have egos and feelings that is also a plain truth or truthes, we can get out of sorts with events and people from time to time.  That doesn't mean that every time that we get our feelings hurt or get upset with people, we need to rush out and tell the world what was done to us, it is alright to stop and take a deep breath and let it go.

I am not coming out against rants, vents, righteous gripes or anything like that.  I am only suggesting that every so often, it feels really good to just let it go.  It can be a theraputic and a learning moment to stop being angry and look at the situation from someone else's point of view.  The very act of letting it go, and honestly forgetting about it feels a lot better than the satisfaction of being right.  So I guess what I have take 5 paragraphs to say is let it go, and don't worry, be happy!  Make it a Great Friday!

I came across a quote in an email that I think that in one way or another describes almost everyone.  We have all heard the quote that there are 3 types of people in the world; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those that wonder what happened.  I think that this is pretty harsh on the third category of people. 

The quote that I read today is much better it is by Douglas Everett and it goes: "There are some people that live in a dream world, and there are some that face reality; and then there are those that turn one into the other."

This is great quote, it is up to us to turn our dreams into our realities.  We can make it happen, the important thing to remember is that it is up to us to do it.  No one will do it for any of us, nor can they.  No one but each individual knows exactly what their dream is, so our challenge is to define our dreams; then chart a course to reach them (setting goals), and then work to make them happen!  Make it a great Sunday and Week!

I was thinking about a good topic to write about tonight.  I thought of a story that I heard a number of years ago.  I know that I will most likely butcher the story, but here goes.  The King in an ancient Kingdom realized that he had been blessed by a having such good, hardworking people in his Kingdom.  He had prospered greatly, and no other Kingdom dared attack, for the fierce loyalty of his subjects had repelled every attack.

The King decided that he should reward his people, so he proposed a race in which one of his loyal subjects would get four sacks of gold for winning the race.  People from all walks of life entered the race, the course was laid out encircling the entire kingdom finishing at the gate of the castle.

One of the runners was a farmer, although no longer a young man, he was still in great physical shape.  He had been able to stay with the fleetest runners almost the entire way.  He knew that he could run all day long, so he hoped that by keeping the fast runners in sight, he would be able to pass them once they tired and slowed down before reaching the finish line.

The farmer managed to maintain this strategy and at the halfway point of the race was less than 100 yards behind the leader.  The road that the race followed passed under a cliff less than a half mile from the finish line.  The farmer noticed the huge rock slide that covered the main road, leaving just enough room for runners to pass next to the cliff.  The farmer knew that this blockage of the road would hurt the entire Kingdom, so being loyal to the King, he stopped and began clearing the road of debris.

One by one the runners passed as the farmer hefted the rocks to the side of the road.  It was a big slide and it took several hours to clear the road.  The race was long over, but the farmer kept on clearing the rocks and debris.  It was nearly completely dark, and the farmer nearly didn't see the bags that were hidden by the massive amount of rocks. 

The farmer finished clearing the road, gather the sacks the best that he could and began jogging towards the castle.  A great victory feast had been going on for several hours when the farmer burst through the door, filthy and grimy from the race and the hard labor.  The King rose to greet the farmer, who offered the heavy bags to the King. 

The King smiled and said that the race had been won, he put the bags back into the farmers hands.  The farmer said but I finished last.  The King smiled and said all of the others strived to get ahead of him, he was the only won that stopped to make the Kingdom a better place.

Like I said, I probably butchered this story, but it has a good lesson, we all need to strive to get ahead, but I really believe that by making the world a better place, we ultimately win the race.  Make it a Great Week!

Yesterday afternoon I had what I am terming a moment of an epiphany.  I spent a lot of time cleaning off my desk in my home office.  I should state here that I keep a very tidy desk at the Real Estate Office, but my desk at home can get a little messy with files, flyers, post it notes, and other notes.  I should also note that with my home desk, I have help messing it up, at the office the mess is generally mine and mine only.

I am not saying that I am not responsible for the vast majority of the mess on my home desk, just that I do have help when it comes to adding to the mess.  It was a good thing to get down and look to make sure that I was keeping only necessary things and throwing out the useless stuff.  I was amazed as I glanced at notes that I had made from posts here.  There were some posts that had so inspired me, that I had just printed the post rather than make notes of it.

I am still a long ways away from being a paperless agent.  We do the best that we can, and we do try to recycle everything that we can, but there is still paper generated.  There were flyers that I had printed off to put on doors as we farmed neighborhoods, newsletters, some that were extra, and some that had come back by returned mail.  I didn't make any great discoveries that would shake up the world as we know it, but it was a good thing to just clean out all the junk, and start anew.

I know that I wasn't really happy about doing it at the time, but now that it's over, I am glad that it's done.  I wonder now if we shouldn't do something like this every so often with our lives; clean out all of the junk and be left with a new cleaned up area ready to live.  Just a thought during one of the many chores that I really don't like to do.  Make it a great Week!

All that I have to say is that it is a beautiful day here in Cedar City, mid 60s, great blue sky, and clean fresh air.  Almost makes you want to play hooky! or at least golf!  Good thing that I haven't golfed in 15 years, or that's probably what I would be doing right now.  It is the kind of day that even an early morning trip to the dentist, (with all the drilling and pain associated with a new crown brings with it) doesn't even dampen the beauty of the day. 

I love Spring Time, I have said it before and I will say it again, it is one of my favorite things about life!  It is a time when everything becomes new again, the trees although not yet budding, soon will be, and that will bring forth even more beauty. 

I mentioned in my last blog that there are great incentives to buy real estate right now, and Darcy and I are picking up a couple of great listings this week, so stay tuned.  If you're interested, be sure to contact us, we would love to show you anything in the Cedar City, Iron County area!  Make it a great week!